Biffy Clyro were the last act to perform on the Main Stage at this year's Reading Festival.

After three days of music at the world-famous festival the trio made sure there was a fervent finale which fans were unlikely to forget.

The Scots have now played the Reading and Leeds festivals no less than 10 times, but on Sunday night they were as passionate as ever and at the end of the 90-minute set frontman Simon Neil described the experience as "unforgettable".

Performance

When the Scottish rockers first performed at Reading Festival, back in 2003, the large contingent of post-GCSE pupils standing in Sunday's crowd were at nursey. A lot has changed since then, but the band's ability to evoke and excite has endured.

While the expectant audience were waiting patiently for the festival finale some eerie chorales and piano riffs rang out into the darkness before Biffy burst onto the stage and kicked things off rousing rendition of 'Wolves of Winter'.

This set the tone and over the next hour the topless trio whipped the crowd into a frenzy with their propulsive verses, thunderous choruses and impassioned vocals as they switched between tracks from their new album 'Ellipsis' and old fan favourites such as 'Biblical', 'Bubbles' and 'That Golden Rule'.

Simon Neil

After an hour Biffy's full-throttle approach began to wear a little thin, so they toned it down deftly with two of their more tender tracks - Rearrange and Machines - to give fans a brief breather before ramping it back up with 'The Captain' and then finishing with a flourish.

Crowd reaction

The crowd may have braved a very long weekend but they refused to let their energy fizzle out during the grand finale.

The enormous sea of fans were buoyant and boisterous throughout and very vocal when singing along to anthems such as 'Bubbles' and 'Machines'.

And their efforts weren't overlooked, as one point Simon Neil turned to the crowd a shouted "You're the f*****g business, it's only been three years since we were last here but we've missed you so, so much."

Fans watching Biffy Clyro

However, there was a distinct lack of moshing.

Set

Wolves of Winter, Living Is a Problem Because Everything Dies, Sounds Like Balloons, Biblical, 57, Friends and Enemies, Folding Stars, In the Name of the Wee Man, Who's Got a Match, Bubbles, Black Chandelier, That Golden Rule, Rearrange, Machines, The Captain, Mountains, 9/15ths, Animal Style, Many of Horror, Stingin' Belle.

Best moment

Listening to tens of thousands of people belt out "There's a girl, there's a girl, there's a girl, there's a girl She's down by the river!" was certainly something to behold.